Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2024-09-11

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 11
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 67▼ 110 vs year ago 221 · −49.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 10▼ 3 vs year ago 12 · −25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 10▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough offerings in any class of Feeder or Slaughter cattle to establish a Trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $214.92/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −162.87 against this barn's trailing median of $377.79.
Average price
$214.92
14 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.72
vs AR average
−23.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540227.131,2277thin
Medium and Large 2561211.791,1885thin
Medium and Large 3525180.009452thin
One grade step is worth $47.13/cwt here — about $282 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale14 hd
214.92
—
AR average10 barns · 531 hd
230.64
−15.72
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−23.69
This barn, trailing median18 sales
377.79
−162.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
426390354319median 377.7903/2505/0606/1709/2310/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.51, low $332.98, median $377.79 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,338127.501,7052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,490129.001,9222thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,093115.381,2614thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low83550.004181thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)915$1,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)850$1,0751thin

Every lot

63 lots · USDA AMS · County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330323.11/cwt302.50–337.501,0663
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350240.00/cwt240.00–240.008401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363307.22/cwt297.50–327.501,1154
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370201.00/cwt201.00–201.007441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418284.66/cwt284.00–285.001,1903
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459277.53/cwt260.00–282.001,2746
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475233.00/cwt226.00–237.001,1073
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510261.09/cwt244.00–267.001,3325
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3891
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568250.91/cwt247.00–255.001,4252
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3595209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2441
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4981
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Source/Aged725219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5881
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy725190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3781
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6431
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8491
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,035170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300260.00/cwt260.00–260.007801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358263.17/cwt255.00–271.009422
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370193.40/cwt186.00–201.007162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383231.20/cwt225.00–237.008852
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400241.00/cwt241.00–241.009641
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415170.25/cwt150.00–191.007072
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478228.33/cwt225.00–230.001,0917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523224.64/cwt222.00–227.001,1753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525180.00/cwt170.00–190.009452
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553229.00/cwt228.00–231.001,2664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571212.24/cwt205.00–219.001,2124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3841
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full620220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3642
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2161
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2451
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full660206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3601
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy665205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3695174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2091
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy718204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4652
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428239.39/cwt236.00–246.001,0253
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531254.20/cwt246.00–259.001,3504
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed561257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4426
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3403
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1732196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4353
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,310125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6381
Bulls——1,365130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7751
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83550.00/cwt50.00–50.004181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02897.96/cwt90.00–105.001,0072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158132.81/cwt130.00–136.001,5382
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,9151
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,9251
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,060144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,5261
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28501,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29151,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296590.00/cwt90.00–90.008691
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,6911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,415135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9101
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed700138.00/cwt138.00–138.009661

This sale against other markets

Arkansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.